On 12/11/2011 1:10 PM, James Broadhead wrote:
On 11 December 2011 10:41, Andrea Conti<a...@alyf.net> wrote:
On 27/11/11 16.36, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
sys-apps/openrc-0.9.6 is just... gone? Not even masked, but completely
gone from portage.
FYI, sys-apps/openrc-0.9.7 is out.
Apparently, the solution to the rc_parallel issues was to remove every
mention of rc_parallel from the default /etc/rc.conf
Brilliant.
I didn't take this email at face value when I read it earlier, but I
just merged my openrc-0.9.7 config file.
Wow, what a cynical move.
Its only cynical in that it reflects a basic failing of
human psychology, namely, "thst warning doesn't apply to me"
syndrome.
I imagine their thought process went something like this:
"We exposed this experimental feature that's hard to get
right and only moderately useful, with explicit instructions
not to complain if it doesn't work unless you are personally
going to put in the time and effort to fix it."
"People blithely ignored our warning, enabled it, then
complained loudly when it did not work."
"Since no one bothers to read the warning in rc.conf about
this feature, and we have neither the time, manpower, nor
overwhelming need to make it work, we'll just stop
mentioning it."
"HOPEFULLY anyone smart enough to find and re-enable a
hidden, explicitly unsupported feature will be smart enough
not to complain when it doesn't work."
--Mike
